LAUGHING JACKASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laughing jackass mean? 

• LAUGHING JACKASS (noun)
  The noun LAUGHING JACKASS has 2 senses:

1. Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry

2. almost extinct owl of New Zealand

  Familiarity information: LAUGHING JACKASS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAUGHING JACKASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dacelo gigas; kookaburra; laughing jackass

Hypernyms ("laughing jackass" is a kind of...):

kingfisher (nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish)

Holonyms ("laughing jackass" is a member of...):

Dacelo; genus Dacelo (Australasian kingfishers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Almost extinct owl of New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

laughing jackass; laughing owl; Sceloglaux albifacies

Hypernyms ("laughing jackass" is a kind of...):

bird of Minerva; bird of night; hooter; owl (nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes)

Holonyms ("laughing jackass" is a member of...):

genus Sceloglaux; Sceloglaux (a genus of Strigidae)